Kowthar Musa Alarbash, a Saudi blogger and member of the kingdom’s advisory Shura Council, addresses an interreligious conference in Vienna on February 27, 2018. Behind her are the flags of the Holy See, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Spain and the conference sponsor, the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue. RNS photo by Tom Heneghan
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Scientology Network will make TV debut Monday, the church says
The church announced that the Scientology Network will debut Monday, with programming available on DirecTV, Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, iTunes, Google Play and the website Scientology.tv.
The last temptation
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